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Threat Actors Targeting China.

Brandefense tracks 212 threat actors known to target China. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

48 of 82 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
Contagious Interview7 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced2–
CostaRicto0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
PLAY1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
BlackSuit2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
8BASE1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Silver Fox5 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced––
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Krybit1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Crpxo2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Lockbit53 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
IntelBroker1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate1–
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Sinobi1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Chaos1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Carbanak1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate3–
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Anubis3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Mosad0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
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